Editing Lechlade (section)

==Governance==
Lechlade falls in the Kempsford–Lechlade [[Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom|electoral ward]]. This ward stretches from Lechlade in the east to [[Kempsford]] in the west. The total population of this ward taken from the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]] was 3,973.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/kempsford-lechlade-e05004326#sthash.JPh6t7gM.dpbs|title=Kempsford-Lechlade ward 2011|access-date=24 March 2015}}</ref>

Although in Gloucestershire, and traditionally in the [[hundred (county division)|hundred]] of [[Brightwells Barrow]], from 1894 till 1935 the town was administered as part of [[Faringdon Rural District]] in [[Berkshire]]. From 1935 till 1974 it was part of [[Cirencester Rural District]] in Gloucestershire, and since 1974 it has been a part of [[Cotswold District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10382130|website=A Vision of Britain|title=Lechlade AP/CP|publisher= University of Portsmouth|access-date=18 February 2019}}</ref>

The town is part of the [[South Cotswolds (UK Parliament constituency)|South Cotswolds UK Parliament constituency]] represented in the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] of the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|UK Parliament]], since its creation in July 2024, by [[Roz Savage]], a [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrat]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Dr Roz Savage|url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/5352/contact |website=parliament.uk|access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref>